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Tye Sheridan

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Tye Sheridan
Tye Sheridan currently stars as Wade, aka Parzival, in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of the best-selling science fiction novel "Ready Player One." "No Small Parts" takes a look at his other roles, including his early days as a child actor.
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Tye Sheridan was born on November 11, 1996 in Palestine, Texas as Tye Kayle Sheridan. Having been named 1 of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch, he has emerged as 1 of Hollywood's most sought after young talents. He has been seen in Ready Player One (2018) as the lead character Wade Watts. He also starred as young Cyclops/Scott Summers in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), reprising the role in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019). He also starred in The Mountain (2018), Age Out (2018) & The Night Clerk (2020).

He won the 2013 Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in Joe (2013). Later that year, he was recognized by numerous film critics for his role in Mud (2012). He received a 2014 Critics' Choice nomination for Best Young Actor while the cast was honored w/ the 2014 Robert Altman Award at the Independent Spirit Awards.

He had 3 films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), Last Days in the Desert (2015) & Entertainment (2015). He followed up by starring in The Forger (2014), Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) & Dark Places (2015).

He then starred in The Yellow Birds (2017) & The Mountain (2018), w/ the latter premiering at the Venice Film Festival in 2018. He won the Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival for his performance in Age Out (2018).

He recently starred in The Night Clerk (2020).
BornNovember 11, 1996
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BornNovember 11, 1996
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,00072
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    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Known for

    Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    Mud
    7.4
    • Ellis
    • 2012
    Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, George Michael, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Perdita Weeks, Kamara Benjamin Barnett, Mandy June Turpin, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Stephen Mitchell, Neet Mohan, Win Morisaki, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Kae Alexander, Sarah Sharman, Robert Gilbert, Raed Abbas, Letitia Wright, Tye Sheridan, Asan N'Jie, Hannah John-Kamen, Cara Theobold, Olivia Cooke, Alphonso Austin, Amy Clare Beales, Jane Leaney, Kathryn Wilder, and Philip Zhao in Ready Player One (2018)
    Ready Player One
    7.4
    • Parzival
    • Wade
    • 2018
    Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Evan Peters, Olivia Munn, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, and Ben Hardy in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
    X-Men: Apocalypse
    6.8
    • Scott Summers
    • Cyclops
    • 2016
    Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan in Joe (2013)
    Joe
    6.8
    • Gary
    • 2013

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    Actor



    • The Housewife
      • In Production



    • Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Jurnee Smollett, and Tye Sheridan in The Order (2024)
      The Order
      6.8
      • Jamie Bowen
      • 2024
    • Zach Bryan: Nine Ball (2024)
      Zach Bryan: Nine Ball
      8.8
      Music Video
      • Jake
      • 2024
    • Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan in Asphalt City (2023)
      Asphalt City
      6.1
      • Ollie Cross
      • 2023
    • Ben Affleck and Daniel Ranieri in The Tender Bar (2021)
      The Tender Bar
      6.7
      • JR
      • 2021
    • Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (2021)
      The Card Counter
      6.2
      • Cirk
      • 2021
    • Tye Sheridan and Lily-Rose Depp in Voyagers (2021)
      Voyagers
      5.5
      • Christopher
      • 2021
    • Tye Sheridan in Wireless (2020)
      Wireless
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Andy Braddock
      • 2020
    • Lamar Jackson in Madden NFL 21 (2020)
      Madden NFL 21
      3.5
      Video Game
      • Tommy Matthews (voice)
      • 2020
    • Ana de Armas and Tye Sheridan in The Night Clerk (2020)
      The Night Clerk
      5.6
      • Bart Bromley
      • 2020
    • Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, and Tye Sheridan in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
      X-Men: Dark Phoenix
      5.7
      • Scott Summers
      • Cyclops
      • 2019
    • Ryan Reynolds in Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
      Once Upon a Deadpool
      7.2
      • Scott Summers
      • Cyclops (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Crow: The Legend (2018)
      Crow: The Legend
      6.7
      Short
      • Turtle (voice)
      • 2018
    • Jeff Goldblum and Tye Sheridan in The Mountain (2018)
      The Mountain
      5.5
      • Andy
      • 2018
    • Josh Brolin, Ryan Reynolds, Terry Crews, Bill Skarsgård, Leslie Uggams, Morena Baccarin, Lewis Tan, Stefan Kapicic, Rob Delaney, Shioli Kutsuna, Zazie Beetz, and Brianna Hildebrand in Deadpool 2 (2018)
      Deadpool 2
      7.6
      • Cyclops (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Age Out (2018)
      Age Out
      6.0
      • Richie
      • 2018

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    • Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan in Asphalt City (2023)
      Asphalt City
      6.1
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2023
    • Ana de Armas and Tye Sheridan in The Night Clerk (2020)
      The Night Clerk
      5.6
      • producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
      • 2020
    • Matthew Albrecht and C. Bailey Werner in Mama Never Knew (2016)
      Mama Never Knew
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2016

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    X-Men: Apocalypse

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 7¾″ (1.72 m)
    • Born
      • November 11, 1996
      • Palestine, Texas, USA
    • Parents
        Stephanie Sheridan (Wright)
    • Relatives
      • Madison Sheridan(Sibling)
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Article
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

    Self-verified on IMDbPro

    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male

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    • Trivia
      Is co-founder and president of Wonder Dynamics, an AI tool that automatically animates, lights and composes CG characters into a live-action scene.
    • Quotes
      Drama is something I'm good at, I guess.

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    • How old is Tye Sheridan?
      28 years old
    • When was Tye Sheridan born?
      November 11, 1996
    • Where was Tye Sheridan born?
      Palestine, Texas, USA
    • What is Tye Sheridan's birth name?
      Tye Kayle Sheridan
    • How tall is Tye Sheridan?
      5 feet 8 inches, or 1.72 meters

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